I got this little book from the Boy last week. It shows Audrey behind the scenes in Sabrina.

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i am finally home. london was great, but tiring. we took my parents to the airport and they're now safe in their little homes in brazil, back to the warmth, the sunshine, their friends, their little daily-things-to-do. they are happy, and so am i to be back to my routine, my books, my movies and this soothing silence.

i met a friend, went to camden, bought pretty, inexpensive little things, ate korean and brazilian food, visited the imperial war museum (spent eight hours inside and didn't manage to see half of it) and soaked up the urban atmosphere. the weather was wet and the sky was gray, but i'm fine with it (last saturday the morning was so dark that all the street lamps and shop signs were lit - lovely). the only thing that gets me down in london are the people. the amount of them, and the rudeness of some.

the sun shines over the little island. now i have five months here before i decide what to do with the rest of my life. the prognosis is both utterly terrifying and amazingly exciting.

i really need to make a good list of small things i want to accomplish this year. otherwise i'll end up wasting my time and doing nothing at all. i want to sew, decorate, crochet, paint, write, read, watch, see, travel, eat, cook... too little time. is it too late in life to learn how to be more organized?



sandra juto's great uncle's old house. so beautiful, so many small little things.

MAC new collection based on liberty prints:


Joetta Maue is embroidering words into vintage linens.


Julia Denos sweet, romantic girls:


Muriel's Wedding, a movie that is heartbreaking for all the right reasons.


lovely, pretty china:


also, i got this recipe of yogurt cake from here and i'm gonna try to make it next weekend.

-One yogurt pot,

got a lovely dress from my mum for my birthday. And cute new earrings and a small set containing a mug, a tray and a coaster.

and i really want these:


i hope they won't turn into a hype and become unavailable/expensive like that green one. because i really do like these colours.

i love this type of collar. i would have a hundred tops and dresses adorned with it.


another very cute crochet idea. i already have loads of empty cans that i kept in the hope someday i'd have a good use for them. well, guess i'll be buying many yarns this year.


watching mystic pizza. julia roberts looks so young, fresh and gorgeous. also, it was 1988 and she still hadn't felt the need to adhere to hollywood's strict anorexic rules.


i really liked the stuff she makes. so simple, so great.



iekeliene stange. to dress like her. awesomeness.


1. what is your current obsession?
buying dvds.

2. what are you wearing today?
H&M gray cashmere roll neck top, Marks & Spencer's red pajama bottoms (dotted with white stars, so cute).

3. what’s for dinner?
it's past dinner time, actually. tomorrow we'll have three beans soup for lunch.

4. what’s the last thing you bought?
a pair of earrings from miss selfridge's sale.

5. what are you listening to right now?
nina simone. <3 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">6. what do you think about the person who tagged you?
nobody did. :(

7. if you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
london. or rio de janeiro.

8. one thing you wanna change about yourself?
finish what i start.

9. if you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
tokyo!!

10. which language do you want to learn?
i think french would be useful, but i'd love to speak some italian.

11. what’s your favourite quote?
far too many, i'm a total quote whore.

12 . would you cook for me?
i can't cook to save my life, but i could bake you a mean lemon drizzle cake.

13. what is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
simply write them off of your life for good.

14. what are you afraid of the most?
death. and cockroaches.

15. who do you want to meet right now?
david gilmour, and sit on his lap. lol.

16. what is your favourite color?
black and red to wear. all the others for all the other purposes.

17. give us 3 styling tips that work for you.
black is always elegant.
never try too hard.
don't be afraid to wear what you like.

18. what is your dream job?
freelance photographer.

19. what’s your favorite magazine?
lula

20. if you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
dvds, lol! or cute korean stationary from etsy.

21. what do you consider a fashion faux pas?
being always "bang on trend".

22. who according to you is the most over-rated writer?
i could write a long list but, in the end, if there's people reading these books and loving them, if these books make someone happy and amused, then the writer's purpose has been fulfilled and who cares to what i think.

23. what brings a smile on your face instantly?
my boy's jokes. getting nice packages in the mail.

24. a word that you say a lot?
"whatever", especially when i'm too tired and don't want to speak or elaborate.

25. what kind of haircut do you prefer?
none. some people look really great with a new haircut, but i prefer to just let my hair goes wherever it pleases.

26. what are you going to do after this?
finish watching this movie, brush my teeth and go to sleep.

27. what do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
have a long, hot bath, plant myself in front of the fire, grab something nice to eat and watch a movie.

28. what makes you go wild?
music.

29. what are your favourite movies?
gaaah.

30. what inspires you?
literature. poetry. movies. music. photography. paintings. art, in a word.

31. what do your friends call you most commonly?
weird. but that's how they like me.

32. would you prefer coffee or tea?
coffee most of the time, but fruity teas when i'm in the mood.

33. which other blogs do you love visiting?
i have a long list on my links page. i love them all, and also many others i haven't had time to add yet.

34. favorite dessert/sweet?
make mine cake, please.

35. how many tabs are turned on in your browser right now?
seven. not at all a record around here.

36. when you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
maybe i need a few more hours in bed. haha.

37. favorite season?
each one of them has its own beauty. honestly i couldn't pick one.

38. one wish that you really want to see it come true?
peace in the world. or that house in london or rio, that would be really nice. :)

39. what breaks your heart?
animal cruelty.

40. what's one thing you really want to do in life?
be happy without causing harm to anyone.

1. What did you dream about last night?
about a house. a new one, i don't know where. it was all white inside. and outside too, as it was snowing. i had been decorating it for christmas and really enjoying it.

2. Do you record your dreams in your blog or a journal?
no, never. i can still remember the most vivid ones i've had in my life. but i don't write them down. maybe i should.

3. Do you think dreams are messages our bodies are trying to tell us? If so, are you real big on trying to interpret all the details?
i think my dreams are just a way my mind has to come to terms with changes, disappointments, sorrows, loss. everything that i can't stop thinking about but refuse to admit, that's what will become dream material.

4. Do you remember your first nightmare?
no. but i do remember the coolest ones. :)

5. Have you ever had a recurring dream? If you did, what was it and what do you think it meant?
apart from the one i'm falling? i don't have a recurring dream (not that i'm aware of), but i do dream about the house where i spent my childhood. a lot. in a nutshell, if i dream i'm at home, it's that home. that's why i think last night's dream was odd. for the first time i was at home somewhere else. is it a sign?

crying with blade runner, as usual. the scene when batty dies is one of the most beautiful depictions of death ever filmed. and this comment is a total cliché. don't care.

pear cider + lemon drizzle cake; super yummy and fruity. do these count towards my five-a-day?? :)
i don't think it's ok to live in fear of the people around you. some folks will create such a huge argument out of something so silly and unimportant. i think having good, faithful and happy friends around us is much more important than expecting them to do the right thing all the time. nobody does the right thing all the time. you either hang up with these people and accept them for what they are or go out and make yourself new pals. making a fuss of small stuff to belittle, incriminate or get your friends down doesn't make you better than them. quite the opposite, actually.

i woke up to sun and snow. from my window i see icicles hanging from the backyard roof.
the sunlight was reflected on the whiteness spread all over the patio and the pavements and came through the windows. suddenly wearing sunglasses indoors seemed to me like a good idea.

it takes a mini-blizzard to make the sun shine like that in the middle of the winter.
the bad thing? airport closed, there was no mail today, or even the papers.

12 days after christmas, it's time to put the decorations away untill next december. they said it brings bad luck to keep the house decorated after the 13th day. i'm not into superstitions, pero que las hay, las hay. i put everything back into the boxes and stored them away in the library. someone once showed me the right way to keep fairy lights and avoid them becoming all tangled up; i forgot how to. i just threw them all inside a plastic bag as i always do, and will postpone the stress, swearing and sweating untill december when i have to untangle them; i don't need any more stress right now. or maybe i'll just buy new ones. or, more likely, not. many things are cheap in the united kingdom; fairy lights are not one of them.

i like the idea of not knowing where i'll be living in 12 months time, and whether i'll be decorating this house, another one, or none at all.

want: the february issue of Elle UK, with Miss Portman, the Belle, on the cover.


i love this idea: cute and simple. small white shapes, a splash of colour in the background inside those frames - not very unlike the ones you get from iKea. (source)


lately i've been feeling the need to have a white table like this (unfortunately no source):


even though i have already enough tables in my attic. i am falling in love with white all over again. maybe all my red table will need is a lick of white, satin gloss paint.

and i want this kitchen, too. only in my chocolate-box-cottage dreams.

the vintage feel of these pictures were brought to you thanks to analog color. :)



this little guy:


his name is spencer, and he's an orphan (but has been adopted by celine).

cruel intentions. l-o-v-e. (screencap by disparue)


a camper van. converted, to drive around the world without a care for hotels (too bad we'd still need to care for loos...).


illustrations and collages, because paper, glue and pen make my heart beat faster. (via planet janet art)


vintage sewing machines. this one is just like my mother's old 70s model, in which i've learnt my very few stitches; a trip down memory lane.


one of the new year's resolutions i would have made *if* i made new year's resolutions would be send less e-mails and more letters to my friends. envelopes like this one below only show us why "electronic mail" will never be as cool as real snail mail. (via das Kaninchen)


snow! we were lucky to get quite a lot of snow in germany, but not so fortunate when we arrived in britain just to be snowed in - too much ice on the runway and our flight to jersey from southampton was canceled. oh well. not even that made me regret the experience. i didn't expect that much snow in the south, it was magical. (photos via fine little day and anzu)


morbid-cute little girls (art by zhang peng).

My first small new year's walk. i was trying to find the old farm house in ruins that i photographed years ago, but couldn't find it. i forgot where the entrance was and ended up walking right past it. i didn't take many pictures because i felt uninspired and also my hands had became frozen as we got to the bay. the cold wind from the sea, a dog in a frantic excavation of the sand, we stood reading the colourful menu painted on the walls of Hungry Man, the local beach café. The muscles on my face were rigid from the cold and i was speaking funny as my mouth was drooping a little.

I wanted to know how to deal with awkward social occasions. sometimes i walk with my head down because i am never sure if i should say good morning to the stranger coming on the opposite way. sometimes the stranger saves me by saying good morning first. a smile, small talk, a pleasant wave goodbye (this is rare, but nice). sometimes i look at the stranger and smile politely waiting for a good morning or starting to say it myself; then he/she looks the other way. after that, what am i supposed to do? smile to the next person and risk another disappointment? automatically ignore or turn my back at the next person who would have otherwise talked to me?

it's a trap. and i wish british people (and myself) were less emotionally constipated.

Right now I'm watching 3rd Rock from the Sun, an episode where Sally is having a bizarre dream. She's being served the earth on a plate and, after taking a bite, she says: "it's delicious, but... disturbing". Spot on, girl.

i am severely addicted to Cath Kidston bags.
luckily, they cost a tiny fraction of the price of my usual bag lusts.

10 things you want for Christmas:
a plane ticket to tokyo
a beagle puppy
a bottle of perfume (Joy, by Jean Patou)
this camera
a new mobile phone
a maple tree
a 2010 diary that’s really, really cool
audrey hepburn poster for my bedroom
a PS1 suede bag (dream on, sister)
you

9 musicians/bands you love:
madonna
joy division
pink floyd
led zeppelin
tori amos
smiths
r.e.m
the cure
nina simone

8 things you do everyday:
try not to eat too much
sleep too much, when possible
regret
ignore people on social network websites
am ignored by them
sing (and listen to music)
write
reminisce

7 things you enjoy:
books
music
cranberry, orange and mango tea
my super especial broccoli + cream pasta
the misfortune of others
rain on my skin
looking at you

6 things that will always win your heart:
inteligence
a sincere laughter
wit
honesty
expressive eyes
your voice

5 favourites: (absolutely random)
Movie: pan’s labirynth
Song: please, please, please, let me get what i want, smiths
Book: the summer of katya, trevanian
Food: rice + beans
Season: autumn

4 smells you enjoy:
green apple (artificial)
freshly baked bread
rain
amarige, by givenchy

3 places you want to go:
greece
northern italy
japan

2 Favorite Holidays
christmas
halloween

1 person you’d marry on the spot:
marlon brando. guess i’m late.

We had lunch at the Bistro Soleil, very well recommended and with a external seating area facing St. Aubin's beach. The day was just too beautiful to sit inside; we had to put up with a couple of wine loving wasps, but it was so worthwhile.

This had originally been posted by me on pearlsandtea but after some time I realized I had none of these pictures posted in my own journal (only randomly on my Flickr). So I decided to have them posted here as well, just to keep the record. :)


drink more tea, make more love. 100% agreed.

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We have decked the area in the back of our house and I promptly added some plants to cheer it up.
Here are the pink Gypsophilas. I have wanted these for years.

As the english wisely say, "If You Are Cold, Tea Will Warm You. If You Are Too Heated, It Will Cool You. If You Are Depressed, It Will Cheer You. If You Are Excited, It Will Calm You".

I haven't taken pictures of my dolls in ages. But then yesterday I took some pictures of doll related stuff to sell in the forums and, upon finding this red and black jacket, I thought it would look nice on Phaedra.

She's lounging and watching the morning sun slowly filling up the room with daylight. One of these moments when we're happy to just be.



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